Saturday, June 6, 2015
EDITORIAL: Move on immigration reform
On Thursday, Pew Research Center released poll results indicating widespread support for substantive immigration reform.
The nationwide survey indicated that 72 percent of Americans support allowing people living illegally in the United States to stay, under certain conditions; 42 percent directly supported a pathway to citizenship; and 26 percent supported at least allowing illegal immigrants to apply for permanent residency.
These finding roughly echo a survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California in March, finding statewide support for immigration reform. In that survey, 80 percent of Inland Empire residents backed some legal status for undocumented immigrants. Read more: http://www.pe.com/articles/immigrants-769209-immigration-reform.html
Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney Las Vegas, for more information.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
U.S. Firms, Workers Try to Beat H-1B Visa Lottery System
Companies eager to hire foreign talent, mostly in the tech sector, and workers hoping for jobs in the U.S. have found ways to game a government lottery used to distribute a limited number of visas each year.
Immigration lawyers involved in the process say they have helped companies file multiple H-1B skilled-worker visa applications for the same person. Some workers, meanwhile, are accepting offers from multiple employers, each of whom files a petition on their behalf, the lawyers say.
Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-workers-game-h-1b-visa-lottery-lawyers-say-1433237586
Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney Las Vegas, for more information.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Passing U.S. citizenship requirements a difficult challenge for older refugees
Khin Shwe, a refugee from Burma, now called Myanmar, was 68 when she was resettled by the U.S. State Department to the United States in 2008. She first lived in Ohio but later moved to Fort Wayne to join her daughter, who is married with three children. She has been trying to learn English since she arrived.
“It is very hard,” Shwe said through an interpreter, Nyein Chan, who is refugee resettlement coordinator for the Fort Wayne office of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. She is working now on learning the alphabet.
Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney Las Vegas, for more information.
Friday, May 15, 2015
DOS June 2015 Visa Bulletin - Department of State
The Department of State’s June Visa Bulletin on a whole brought relatively few changes of note.
Progress was made in the EB-2 category, where
priority dates for Indian nationals advanced six months from April to
October 1, 2008. Similarly, Chinese nationals experienced forward
movement of one year in priority dates, with the Department of State
(DOS) now processing cases with priority dates of June 1, 2013 or
before.
Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney Las Vegas, for more information.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Immigration Reform: When Deporting Felons Breaks Families Apart
Raquel Garay lives just a few minutes’ walk from the U.S.-Mexico border, the line that has separated her from her family for more than two years. Since being deported from the U.S., where she lived for more than 40 years, in 2013, she lives alone in a country that feels foreign to her while her husband, children and grandchildren remain just a few hours away, across a border bridge she can’t cross.
The story is familiar for many deported immigrants,
potentially hundreds of thousands, who have been torn away from their
families in the United States. It’s what spurred President Barack Obama
to pledge last year a smarter immigration policy that focuses on deporting “felons, not families.” While he has pushed executive action to shield those with strong family ties in the U.S., he has also touted an 80 percent increase in the number of immigrants with criminal convictions deported from the U.S. during his presidency. Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/immigration-reform-when-deporting-felons-breaks-families-apart-1872214
Contact Darren Heyman, Immigration attorney Las Vegas, for a free consultation.
Friday, May 1, 2015
Homeland Security Official Defends Handling of Visa Program
The deputy secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, conceded at a congressional hearing on Thursday that his intervention in three cases of visas for foreign investors had created an impression of political favoritism, and he said he regretted fostering that perception. But he defended the results of his involvement, saying he had helped “to make sure we were adhering to the law.”
In a House
Homeland Security Committee hearing, Mr. Mayorkas responded to findings in
a March report by the
department’s inspector general that his actions had led some employees to
believe politically connected investors were given special consideration in the
visa program. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/homeland-security-official-defends-handling-of-visa-program.html?_r=0
Contact
Darren Heyman, Immigration attorney Las Vegas, for
more information.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
U.S. citizen should petition for K-1 Fiancee visa for her same-sex fiancee and bring her to the U.S. to marry
Name withheld, Lviv, Ukraine
A: You should bring your partner to the United States on an K-1 Fiancé(e) visa, then marry her in a state that allows same-sex marriages. Then, she can apply for permanent residence.http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/citizenship-now/k-1-fiancee-visa-best-option-same-sex-immigrant-partner-article-1.1459142
Contact Darren Heyman, Immigration attorney Las Vegas, for more information.
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